Antiwar and anti-imperialist movements from all over Quebec will converge July 3rd to protest the Canadian army parade in Quebec City, where the mayor will grant the army Freedom of the City (Droits de Cité) for the 400 anniversary celebrations.
   :: Transportation from Montreal are organized...

Organized within Guerre à la guerre, the action is supported by, amongst many, coalitions such as Échec à la guerre (Montréal) and groups which include NEFAC collectives, the Bleuets pour la paix, Block The Empire ! - Montreal, the Quebec City Coalition for Peace, etc.

   :: See the up-to-date message here (in French) »»

June 6, 2008, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, supported by Florida Congressman Robert Wexler, is calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The former presidential candidate and Ohio congressman accuses the president of misleading the American public into the Iraq war. The resolution contains thirty-five articles, including: Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq, providing immunity for criminal contractors in Iraq, imprisoning children, creating secret laws, and spying on American citizens without a court ordered warrant in violation of the law and the 4th amendment. The House voted to refer the matter to the House Judiciary Committee. [ Kucinich's original speech without commentary: part I part 2 ]

Veterans For Peace presented 22,000 signatures calling for Bush impeachment to Rep. Conyers (D-MI)

Friends, Comrades, Artists, Writers, anyone with a Camera,

The fight against the NAFTA Superhighway in Southern Indiana is in full swing! On May 19th, the first tree sit went up in the branches. Over two weeks later, it's still there and growing! This marks the beginning of this Summer's direct action campaign against I-69... but only the very beginning. There's more to come, and we need to find ways to document and publicize everything that is and will be happening.

Ecosociété, with the help of Koumbit*, launches its Solidarity Campaign website.

We’re writing you this letter as one anarchist collective to another, in the spirit of open, honest and constructive communication.

Having read the statements “On avance. On avance. On recule pas!” and “Warning (to John Zerzan)” on your website, as well as the call for a demo in front of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (“On n'arrête pas le progrès!”) there are several points we would like to express.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS:

- More than 100 book, distributor, zine and group tables from Montreal, Quebec, North America and beyond (on May 17 only)

- Introductory Workshops to Anarchism (May 17), including: "Demanding the Impossible: Sharing Visions of Anarchism" (with the views of thirty local anarchists) and "An Introduction to Anarchism and its Aspirations"

New picture album

Shared by US Labor Against War

The first message is a May Day greeting from a broad cross-section of union leaders from many different unions and labor federations in Iraq as an expression of their appreciation for the solidarity demonstrated by organized labor, working people and all peace-loving people of the world in support of their efforts to end the foreign occupation of Iraq and the sectarian violence that occupation has spawned.

The second is a statement of solidarity from the General Union of Port Workers in Iraq to the members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in support of the decision by ILWU members to shut down all the ports on the West Coast as a demonstration of their opposition to the war and occupation of Iraq.

After over 200 police officers raided the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory west of Belleville, Ontario on April 22nd, 2008 actions have escalated. On the evening of Friday, April 25th, the Tyendinaga community was again under attack, while continuing the blockade intended to protect itself and its "disputed" Quarry. Currently the Nation is surrounded by a wide police perimeter that prevents access to the Quarry.

Here are actions for the International Workers' Day or Labour Day (May Day), which celebrates international solidarity between the workers of the entire world ! [source: Wikipedia]

In Montreal :

• April 27 to May 4, Mayworks ! - events every day to May 4th !
     A festival of working class art and resistance dedicated to bringing down the walls that divide those who face injustice from war, racism, and neoliberalism.
     Any Wall Turned on Its Side Becomes a Bridge

• May 1st, 18h Anticapitalist and autonomous protest
     organized by many collectives and organizations.
  
  
• Le 4 mai, Status for All, No One Is Illegal!
  A march for immigrant justice, and against poverty, racism & racial profiling

In Québec City :

• 9h to 17h, Journée d'étude: La Puissance de la finance globalisée
  - Laval University, free access

• 18h, May First Protest in Quebec City: Workers of the world unite!
     - Vanier / Quebec City.

• 19h, Cabaret du 1er mai
     - Café-bar L'AgitéE: 251 Dorchester

• 19h30, On the concentration of media ownership, in solidarity with the locked-out of the Journal de Québec -by Quebec solidaire.

Also: Mai 3rd, National protest to keep our health care universal and free!

[ ignore the Read more link if any ]

Explanation :
  The Purpose of Bill C-484, is to amend the Criminal Code so that charges can be laid in all cases causing the death of an unborn child. The goal of the MP was, it seems, to make it particularly criminal to knowingly do violence to a pregnant woman and cause the death of the fetus. But, the way it is written, it grants a separate legal status to the fetus. Pro-life and certain religious conservatives hope to invoke the principle of this law in order to criminalize a doctor practising a voluntary abortion. Of course, as you can guess, the Conservative Party of Canada refuses to correct this private bill and votes massively For! Yet, if they did not have a hidden goal, Conservative MPs would simply amend it to make it state that it is a grave crime to knowingly harm a pregnant woman, period. - Michaël Lessard

=> Quebec's National Assembly reacted against this law

=> The Bloc and the NDP vote Against, but 27 Liberal MPs voted For

Info, Letter & Sign the online petition! (bilingual): www.fmsq.org/c%2D484/e/anglais.html
- Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec

Just shortly before it was to occur April 21st, a student conference by Comité d'action pour la lutte étudiante boulonnaise (CALEB) and Tadamon! on Israel and Palestine was abruptly cancelled by the CEGEP Bois-de-Boulogne This censorship of a most-needed discussion betrayed the fundamental principles of free speech and free association

On Tuesday evening, Ottawa anarchists succeeded in shutting down the opening night of Canada's largest arms fair!